Devon law firm Kitsons has announced the appointment of insolvency specialist Andrew Pay as its new Head of Insolvency.
Andrew replaces Emma Davy as Head of Insolvency in the firm’s Exeter office with the role of leading Kitsons’ Insolvency Team, building on existing valuable contacts, driving expansion and developing relationships with new clients across the South West.
Formerly an Associate Solicitor with Ashfords LLP, Andrew has more than 10 years experience dealing with personal and corporate insolvency matters, as well as advising construction teams on issues such as...
SWH (South West Highways Ltd) will be hosting two career taster days on 27 February and 4 March. The taster days will offer under-represented groups, in particular organisations that support people with physical or mental health issues, a chance to gain an insight into a career within the construction industry.
The taster days will take place at the company’s head office at Rockbeare and will involve a site induction, followed by outdoor activities such as block paving and finally a Q&A session. Each participant will also receive an SWH/NSFCA (National Skills for Contraction...
Scrum-half Haydn Thomas and back-row forward Kai Horstmann are the latest to put pen to paper on new contracts that will keep both players at Sandy Park until at least the summer of 2015.
Having already retained the services of Ian Whitten, Dave Ewers, Tom Johnson, Damian Welch, Jack Yeandle and skipper Dean Mumm in recent times, the news that both Thomas and Horstmann are hanging about is yet another boost for the Chiefs leader.
“First and foremost we’re really pleased with how both guys are playing,” said Baxter. “The other part of it is we’re really pleased with the kind...
UPDATE: Young campaigners against the cuts to the Council’s Youth Service have been denied the chance to speak at today’s full council meeting to set the next year’s budget. Campaigners had asked for three minutes to address the council before a decision was made on the future of several major services including the youth service. However Council chairman, Bernard Hughes had said that standing orders prevented parties from speaking in the council. Cllrs Claire Wright and Frank Biederman moved that standing orders be suspended in order to allow the campaigners a chance of address. Bernard...
The winners of the Exeter and Teinbridge Curry Chef of the Year 2014 have been announced.
Bijumon Varghese, of the Curry Leaf, in North Street, Exeter, was crowned Exeter Curry Chef of the Year, while Top Swar, of Gurkha Chef, Newton Abbot, took the honours for Teinbridge.
The two chefs will now face a 'cook-off' at the Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink South at the end of April to find the overall winner.
Bijumon and Top were among nine of Exeter and Teignbridge's finest curry chefs battling it out at @34 Restaurant, Exeter College, today. For the...
The concert will be given by Virtuosi, an international group of instrumentalists from Wells Cathedral Specialist Music School. It will also be the first ‘outing’ for our newly-acquired Bechstein concert grand piano.
There will be a variety of instruments, composers and of styles which we hope will appeal particularly to younger members of the audience.
The first half of the programme will consist of individual items:-
Hungarian Rhapsody for cello and piano by Popper – a splendidly rhetorical opening leading to some astonishing virtuosity.
Last week was very special for one of Angela Court’s residents.
Clifford Long had a double celebration, his 90th birthday and his anniversary for living at Angela Court for an impressive 25 years.
The double header was recognised by all our staff who planned some lovely activities to celebrate both remarkable events. Their chef made a beautiful cake for Clifford to share with all his friends and family, music was played and presents were exchanged – everyone, and especially Clifford had a wonderful afternoon.
Angela Court in Tipton St John is recognised as an...
A public consultation on proposals to improve Kingskerswell Road between Newton Abbot and Kingskerswell is underway.
Decoy Industrial Estate, which is currently home to 25 businesses, is planned to expand to create around 500 new jobs.
Devon County Council and Teignbridge District Council are proposing the £2.6 million upgrade of the road in order to accommodate the potential extra traffic and the authorities will be consulting on the proposals until Friday 28 February.
Kingskerswell Road is currently the main access to Decoy Industrial Estate from the A380, but it...
More Devon schoolchildren than ever before will receive Bikeability cycle training in the coming financial year.
Devon County Council has successfully secured £300,000 of funding from the Department for Transport to train around 7,500 schoolchildren in the county.
Bikeability is a national initiative providing “cycling proficiency” for the 21st century which has been adopted by Devon County Council as the cycle training standard in the county.
Around 7,000 Devon pupils have taken part in the training over the past year. Since Devon County Council started delivering...
The organisers of Dawlish Air Show have confirmed that the Red Arrows will be appearing at this year’s show.
The Red Arrows, who celebrate their 50th season this year, are the first display team to be announced in what is promising to be another spectacular event.
Last year around 100,000 people basked in the glorious Devon sunshine and enjoyed a varied and thrilling day of flying which featured a Eurofighter Typhoon, Vulcan and Pitts Special.
Dawlish Air Show runs over two days again this year, with a family fun day on Friday 22 August and the flying displays...
